Perhaps one of the most common predictions of the last six years has been that mobile malicious software will suddenly proliferate, driven by widespread adoption of smartphones with advanced OSes.
None of those prognostications have really come to fruition, but it's likely that the coming year will bring a host of new malicious applications. Users -- while generally aware of threats aimed at their desktop computers and laptops -- have a good chance of being caught flat-footed with their mobile phones.
2011 to be the year of mobile malware?
Posted on Saturday, December 25 2010 @ 9:55 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
NetworkWorld writes 2011 may become the year of mobile malware: